It seems appropriate that in the wake of Chulalongkorn University's Hitler fiasco, there's news that Thailand plans to improve the quality of its education.
New education minister Jaturon Chaisaeng has introduced policies that he hopes will improve Thailand's education and university rankings by 2015 when the country joins the ASEAN Community.
Currently Thailand's education system lags behind its increasingly competitive neighbors. The International Institute for Management Development (IMD) has ranked Thai education at 51st place among 60 countries around the world.
Thailand has also been ranked 50th among 65 countries for its PISA test, with only one university listed among the world's best universities this year at 351st spot out of 400 universities.
Chaisaeng's new policies include, “mobilising natural resources to improve education quality and rankings of educational institutions and universities, boosting results of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), and increasing the number of vocational students.”
Great news, but...please educate the teachers first ...